# Edgar Myles > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Edgar_Myles > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Edgar_Myles.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgar_Myles > Source revision: 1352394043 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) English Victoria Cross recipient Edgar Kinghorn Myles Born (1894-07-29)29 July 1894 East Ham, Essex, England Died 31 January 1977(1977-01-31) (aged 82) Bishopsteignton, Devon, England Allegiance United Kingdom Branch British Army Service years 1914–1928 1939–1940 Rank Captain Service number 9311 Unit Welsh Regiment Worcestershire Regiment King's Regiment (Liverpool) Conflicts First World War Second World War Awards Victoria Cross Distinguished Service Order Mentioned in dispatches [Captain](/source/Captain_(British_Army_and_Royal_Marines)) **Edgar Kinghorn Myles**, [VC](/source/Victoria_Cross_for_Australia), [DSO](/source/Companion_of_the_Distinguished_Service_Order) (29 July 1894 – 31 January 1977) was a [British Army](/source/British_Army) officer and an [English](/source/England) recipient of the [Victoria Cross](/source/Victoria_Cross) (VC), the highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and [Commonwealth](/source/Commonwealth_of_Nations) forces. ## Military career Myles was deployed with the 8th (Service) Battalion, [Welsh Regiment](/source/Welch_Regiment), [British Army](/source/British_Army), attached to 9th (Service) Battalion, [Worcestershire Regiment](/source/Worcestershire_Regiment).[1] On 9 April 1916 at [Sanna-i-Yat](/source/Sanna-i-Yat), [Mesopotamia](/source/Mesopotamia), during combat, [Second lieutenant](/source/Second_lieutenant) Myles went out alone several times in front of British advanced trenches to assist wounded men on the battlefield. While under heavy rifle fire, and at great personal risk, he carried in a wounded officer to safety. For his service he received the [Victoria Cross](/source/Victoria_Cross). The citation for his award read: 2nd Lt Edgar Kinghorn Myles, Welsh R. For most conspicuous bravery. He went out alone on several occasions in front of our advance trenches, and, under heavy rifle fire and at great personal risk, assisted wounded men lying in the open. On one occasion he carried in a wounded officer to a place of safety under circumstances of great danger.[2] Myles transferred to the [King's Regiment (Liverpool)](/source/King's_Regiment_(Liverpool)) as a [lieutenant](/source/Lieutenant_(British_Army_and_Royal_Marines)) in 1923 and was later promoted to [captain](/source/Captain_(British_Army_and_Royal_Marines)). Myles' Victoria Cross is displayed at [Worcester City Art Gallery & Museum](/source/Worcester_City_Art_Gallery_%26_Museum) in [Worcester](/source/Worcester%2C_England), England.[3] ## Bibliography - Gliddon, Gerald (2005). *The Sideshows*. [VCs of the First World War](/source/VCs_of_the_First_World_War). Sutton Publishing. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-0-7509-2084-1](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-7509-2084-1). ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Victoria Cross Winners"](https://web.archive.org/web/20080118145503/http://www.wfrmuseum.org.uk/vcwinners.htm). Archived from [the original](http://www.wfrmuseum.org.uk/vcwinners.htm) on 18 January 2008. Retrieved 18 January 2008. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["No. 29765"](https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/29765/supplement/9418). *[The London Gazette](/source/The_London_Gazette)* (Supplement). 26 September 1916. p. 9418. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Victoria Cross Winners"](https://web.archive.org/web/20080118145503/http://www.wfrmuseum.org.uk/vcwinners.htm). Archived from [the original](http://www.wfrmuseum.org.uk/vcwinners.htm) on 18 January 2008. Retrieved 18 January 2008. ## External links - [Location of grave and VC medal](https://web.archive.org/web/20041125092218/http://www.homeusers.prestel.co.uk/stewart/devonshi.htm) *Devonshire)* - [Worcestershire Regiment website](http://www.worcestershireregiment.com/wr.php?main=inc/vc_myles) v t e Royal Welsh Predecessors 1st generation Royal Welch Fusiliers (1689–2006) South Wales Borderers (1689–1969) 41st (Welch) Regiment of Foot (1719–1881) 69th (South Lincolnshire) Regiment of Foot (1756–1881) 2nd generation Welch Regiment (1881–1969) 3rd generation Royal Regiment of Wales (1969–2006) Victoria Cross William Wilson Allan David Bell Gonville Bromhead Edward Stevenson Browne Alexander Cobbe Nevill Coghill William Griffiths Frederick Hitch Alfred Henry Hook Dudley Graham Johnson William Jones Teignmouth Melvill Ivor Rees John Williams John Henry Williams Angus Buchanan James Cooper Campbell Mellis Douglas James Fynn Edric Gifford Robert Jones Thomas Murphy Albert White Ambrose Madden Hugh Rowlands William Charles Fuller Hubert William Lewis Edgar Myles Tasker Watkins Frederick Barter Edward William Derrington Bell John Collins James Llewellyn Davies Joseph John Davies Charles Doughty-Wylie Albert Hill George Monger Luke O'Connor Henry Weale Thomas Bernard Hackett Robert Shields William Henry Thomas Sylvester William Herbert Waring See also Battle of Rorke's Drift Prince of Wales's feathers Men of Harlech Firing Line Prince of Wales' Division Welsh Guards 1st The Queen's Dragoon Guards This biographical article related to the British Army is a stub. 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